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ORDINANCE AMENDING THE GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, TITLE II, ADMINISTRATION, CHAPTER 24, PERSONNEL PRACTICES AND POLICIES, TO ADOPT A NEW ARTICLE 12, ENTITLED ANTI-SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY.
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WHEREAS, while the City of Newark has had a Sexual Harassment Personnel Policy governing the conduct of its employees in place for several decades, the policy has been in the form of a personnel document (PDP-44, Revised March 1, 1994); and
WHEREAS, while that personnel policy expressly forbids sexual harassment in the workplace, it is incumbent upon the elected representatives of the City of Newark to raise the prohibition to the form of an ordinance to ensure that the policy is uniformly and powerfully enforced; not to regulate morality or to encroach on the personal life of its employees, but to demonstrate a strong commitment to maintaining a workplace free of sexual harassment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
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Section 1. The Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, are hereby amended to include a new Section in Title II, General Administration, entitled: Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy.
1. Policy Prohibiting Sexual Harassment. Sexual harassment is a form of sexual discrimination. It is a policy of the City of Newark to prohibit the sexual harassment of a City of Newark employee by another employee, management representative, union representative, volunteer or vendor. A sexual harassment victim can be of the opposite sex or the same sex as the harasser. It is unlawful to harass a person (an applicant or employee) because of that person's sex. Therefore, sexual harassment in the workplace or at any location at which City-sponsored activities take plac...
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